SPECIES
Purple sea urchin, Paracentrotus lividus |
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FISHING GEAR
Free diving Scuba diving |
This fishery operates in free diving along the Gulf of Lion coast, excepted in the Bouches-du-Rhône where it is practiced in scuba-diving. The fishery used to take place between until 10 meters deep in free diving (and 20 meters deep in scuba-diving). A “grappe” is used to take the sea urchins out of its substrate.
The fishery takes place between November and April/May each year.
VOLUME OF LANDINGS : 136 tons in 2018
FISHING FLEET : 156 fishermen in Occitanie and PACA in 2016
LANDINGS PORTS : Port-Vendres (PV), Sète (ST), Martigues (MT), Marseille (MA), Toulon (TL), Nice (NI)
Results of the MSC pre-assessment, conducted using the precautionary principle (bar filled = benchmark achieved). Only some of the data is presented here. For a full detail of the results, please consult the pre-assessment report.
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